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Windows Server 2016 Security, Certificates, and Remote Access Cookbook
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Windows Server 2016 Security, Certificates, and Remote Access Cookbook

by Jordan Krause
April 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
138 pages
3h 55m
English
Packt Publishing
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Enhancing the security of DirectAccess by requiring certificate authentication

When a DirectAccess client computer builds its IPsec tunnels back to the corporate network, it has the ability to require a certificate as part of that authentication process. In earlier versions of DirectAccess, the one in Server 2008 R2 and the one provided by Unified Access Gateway (UAG), these certificates were required in order to make DirectAccess work. Setting up the certificates really isn't a big deal at all. As long as there is a CA server in your network, you are already prepared to issue the necessary certificates at no cost. Unfortunately, though, there must have been enough complaints back to Microsoft in order for them to make these certificates ...

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